A graduate of Denison University and the University of Arizona’s M.F.A. program, Amy Pence authored the chapbook Skin’s Dark Night (2River Press). Selected by Agha Shahid Ali for the Tucson Poetry Festival’s statewide contest as well as a finalist for the Walt Whitman Award and other poetry manuscript contests, Amy publishes poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews. Amy was awarded a Hambidge Fellowship in 2008. Her publishing credits include New American Writing, Water-Stone Review, Drunken Boat, The Antioch Review, and Poets & Writers among others. Amy Pence grew up in New Orleans and Las Vegas, and she has settled in the woods of Georgia with her husband and her daughter. She teaches college English and informal poetry workshops, and is available for readings and poetry workshops. She may be reached for workshops and readings at amy@amypence.com.